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Chidera Hammed

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Review Open access Oct 2026

Do Words Matter? A Vignette Study Exploring How Substance Use Descriptions Influence Perceptions of the Substance Involved in Police Encounters

BACKGROUND: Substance use is common in Canada, yet a focus on substance use disorders (SUD) reinforces stigma and barriers to care. Health-spectrum language has been proposed to reduce stigma’s impact. We explore how describing substance use across a health spectrum in a police encounter influences stereotypes associat...

Chidera Hammed, Tanisse Epp, Kim Hellemans · 0 citations

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